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Locked-Down Cinema
Film reviews of all the films I should have seen but didn't...
What do you do if you receive a Christmas present that is a membership to the British Film Institute when there's a pandemic on...?
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"The Hit", Dir: Stephen Frears, 1984
Recommendations always help in making choices and in the case of "The Hit", directed by Stephen Frears in 1984 it came from a friend..
Ravi Swami
Nov 27, 20204 min read
"Bande à part", dir: Jean-Luc Godard, 1964
On the face of it, "Bande à part" is a typical Godard "exercise in style"...
Ravi Swami
Nov 26, 20203 min read
"Two Days, One Night", Dir: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 2014
"2 Days, One Night", directed by the Dardennes brothers is available to view on MUBI channel..
Ravi Swami
Nov 22, 20203 min read
"I Vitteloni" - Dir: Federico Fellini, 1953
"I Vitelloni" mines similar territory to, and anticipates, Luchino Visconti's 1960 "Rocco and His Brothers"
Ravi Swami
Nov 19, 20202 min read
"Repulsion", Dir: Roman Polanski, 1965
"Repulsion" is one such film where it's reputation almost overshadows what the film is actually about..
Ravi Swami
Nov 16, 20204 min read
"Le Sauvage" / "Call Me Savage", Dir: Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1975
Deneuve plays a French woman who makes a bolt for freedom on the verge of marrying a rich Italian playboy
Ravi Swami
Nov 14, 20204 min read
"Montparnasse 19" - Dir:Jacques Becker, 1958
"Montparnasse 19" is rather romanticized depiction of the life of the painter Amedeo Modigliani
Ravi Swami
Nov 5, 20203 min read
"Le Trou", Dir:Jacques Becker, 1960
...one of the best jail-breakout films ever...
Ravi Swami
Oct 26, 20203 min read
"Les Creatures" - Dir: Agnes Varda, 1966
It's described as being a science-fiction film though there are no clues going forward at the outset..
Ravi Swami
Oct 23, 20205 min read
"81/2", Dir: Federico Fellini, 1963
Federico Fellini's "81/2", (1963) is generally considered to be a high point in the directors' work
Ravi Swami
Oct 20, 20204 min read
"Jacquot De Nantes", Dir: Agnes Varda, 1991
I think I was a fan of Jacques Demy's work before I even knew who he was
Ravi Swami
Oct 14, 20204 min read
Cahiers Carry On..."Carry On Up The Khyber", Dir:Gerald Thomas, 1968
essentially sending it up as a fictitious article in the French film criticism magazine "Cahiers Du Cinema"
Ravi Swami
Oct 12, 20203 min read
"Rocco & His Brothers", Dir:Luchino Visconti, 1960
I'd heard of Luchino Visconti before but had never actually watched any of his films and "Rocco & His Brothers"...
Ravi Swami
Oct 12, 20203 min read
"Playtime" - Dir:Jacques Tati, 1967
"Playtime" - directed by Jacques Tati and his last film because it went massively over-budget to the tune of 14.5 million francs..
Ravi Swami
Oct 7, 20202 min read
"Bay of Angels" - Dir:Jacques Demy, 1963
I'll make no bones about the fact that I'm a huge fan of Jacques Demy's films..
Ravi Swami
Oct 2, 20203 min read
"Alphaville", Dir :Jean Luc Godard, 1965
O.K - I couldn't stay away from Godard and no appraisal of his early work is complete without seeing "Alphaville"..
Ravi Swami
Sep 19, 20203 min read
Oh Godard..."Pierrot Le Fou", Dir: Jean Luc Godard, 1965
I'd been warned off dipping into Godard by various friends and colleagues...
Ravi Swami
Sep 17, 20204 min read
"Les Yeux Sans Visage" Dir: Georges Franju, 1960
What leads you to watch certain films can vary from person to person, it might be a genre choice, or following a particular film movement.
Ravi Swami
Aug 28, 20204 min read
"Elevator to the Gallows", Dir: Louis Malle, 1958
Visually, it could be argued that if Hollywood benefitted from European sensibilities like Expressionism, then in this film it had come home
Ravi Swami
Aug 7, 20202 min read
"L'Avventura", "La Notte", "L'Eclisse" - Dir : M. Antonioni - 1960/62
What I find interesting more than anything else is the snapshot of Rome and Milan in the 60's..
Ravi Swami
Aug 4, 20203 min read
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